General review: tense and voice forms
139. Find and correct 10 mistakes in the following text.
A French taxi-cab driver once played a joke with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The man had driven Sir Arthur from the station to a hotel and, when he received his fare, he said: “Merci, Mr Conan Doyle.”
Sir Arthur was surprised and wanted to know how did the man know his name.
The driver answered that he read in papers that the writer was coming from South of France to Paris. He said him, ‘Your general appearance told me that you are English; your hair clearly last cut by a barber in the South of France. I put these indications together and guessed at once it were you.”
Conan Doyle admitted that it is remarkable and asked did the man have any other evidence to go upon.
“Well,” said the man, “there was also the fact that your name has been written on your luggage.”
140. Open the brackets using the verbs in the proper form.
TOKYO,
JAPAN – Loyalty, faithfulness and unconditional love are qualities
that (earn 1)
dogs the title of "Man's best friend". One particular Akita
dog (take 2)
these qualities to such an extreme, he (earn 3)
a place in the hearts of all Japanese people, and (keep 4)
that place for over sixty years! Amid hoards of harried commuters, a
variety of shops and department stores, and a giant television screen
that (cover 5)
half a skyscraper at Tokyo's busy Shibuya Train Station, you can see
a life-sized bronze statue of a dog. Millions of Tokyoites (meet 6)
at the landmark since 1934 and (continue 7)
to do so today.
Chu-ken Hachiko (lit. the faithful dog Hachiko) was born in Akita in 1923 and first (bring 8) to Tokyo in 1924. He and his owner, Mr. Eisaburo Uyeno, (be 9) inseparable friends right from the start. Eisaburo proudly (tell 10) his friends that each day "Hachi" (accompany 11) him to the train station when he (leave 12) for work. Upon returning, the professor always (find 13) the dog patiently waiting, tail wagging. This happy routine (continue 14) until one fateful day in 1925, when the professor (take 15) ill on the job and unfortunately (die 16) before he could return home. Despite the fact that Hachiko (be 17) less than two years old at the time, the bond between dog and owner already (become 18) strong. Hachiko (continue 19) waiting each day at Shibuya station for his friend who never (come 20) back. At times, he (not return 21) home for days at a stretch.
The Akita (become 22) a familiar sight to commuters as he (keep 23) his vigil for over ten years. On March 8, 1935, Hachiko finally (go 24) to meet his master. He (die 25) on the very same spot he last (see 26) his friend alive.
The people who (pass 27) the loyal dog each day so (touch 28) by his story that they (erect 29) a statue in his honor in 1934. The famous artist Ando Teru (commission 30) for the original bronze sculpture, which (melt 31) down during the war. After the war, Hachiko hardly (forget 32). In 1948 The Society For Recreating The Hachiko Statue (commission 33) Ando Tekeshi, son of the original artist who since (pass 34) away, to make a second statue.
During my last visit with "Hachi," I (encounter 35) an old man who also (come 36) (pay 37) his respects. He (tell 38) me in broken English that he (know 39) the dog. He said he (bring 40) him treats. He added that the station (be 41) much smaller then. With that he (approach 42) the statue, (give 43) it a friendly pat, (wipe 44) a tear from his eye and slowly (walk 45) away.
Though Hachiko (stand 46) only two feet tall and (weigh 47) 92 pounds, the message he (leave 48) on the importance of good friends is enormous. Hachiko's life (portray 49) in a book and motion picture (The Hachiko Story). Hachiko long (be 50) dead but he never (forget 51). The story behind the statue is one that (endure 52) and continually (warm 53) the hearts of locals and tourists alike.
141. Translate the text that follows.